Random Things to Do If I Ever Get the Time. 19 Ways to Slash Your Utility Bill. Where George Scott sees red, his clients are bleeding green. Scanning the outside of a ranch home in Longmont, Colo., recently, the energy auditor's infrared camera registered blue and aqua in spots where heated air stayed put. That's what the homeowner expected. "He thought he'd done everything right," Scott says, because he had tackled obvious stuff like adding insulation. "But he was baffled by his high gas bills. " But you don't need an infrared camera to reveal utility-bill busters that are left after the obvious stuff is done.
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