Energy saving bulbs produce light through fluorescence generated by electricity passing through a tube containing mercury vapor, allowing them to use 80% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs which produce mostly heat. While energy saving bulbs have a higher upfront cost, the savings from their much lower electricity consumption offsets this within the first year of use. They work by producing the same amount of light as higher wattage incandescent bulbs but consuming only a fraction of the power.

1. How do energy saving bulbs work ?
Energy saving bulbs are at the heart of polemics, especially since the
traditional bulbs of 100 Watts were withdrawn in September 2009 from
Europe and replaced by energy savings bulbs.
Therefore this site is intended to offer some information about energy
saving bulbs : how do they work, their benefits and their disadvantages.

2. Traditional bulbs, like incandescent or halogens lights work, with a
heated tungsten filament.
Energy saving bulbs produce light by fluorescence, generated by the
electricity sent in the tube containing some mercury vapors.
Energy saving bulbs produce 80% of light and 20% of heat, while
traditional bulbs issue 5% of light and 95% of heat.

3. Energy saving bulbs have a very low energy consumption. This
saving will be profitable as of the first year.
On average, energy saving bulbs consume 3 to 4 times less electricity,
for an identical production of light - in theory. Thus an energy saving
bulb of 23 Watts would generate as much light than a traditional bulb of
100 W.

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