BALTIMORE — Energy bills are soaring, so people are looking for ways to cut back.

Civic Works, a nonprofit that trains for clean energy jobs, has some smart solutions. And it starts right at your front door.

“Conduct a blower door test,” says Victor Walters, outreach manager for Civic Works. “That's gonna help us identify all the air gaps and leaks that's coming around your windows, your door frames.”

Fortunately, there's a solution that works even in the rowhouses and older homes that are common in our area.

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“What we do is called dense packing,” Victor says. “So as opposed to laying that fiberglass batting in between the walls, when the wall is finished and if it has a cavity space that can take in

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