It may not be something you often think about, but there is a great deal of engineering ingenuity throughout your home. Consider how many of the things we take for granted daily that are actually brilliant inventions that we’ve come to rely on. Dishwashers, clothes dryers, showers, the list goes on and on. Few of these inventions are more important, however, than the ability to safely heat your home during the coldest times of year. Without this vital technology, life would be far more difficult—and often dangerous—for the inhabitants of some of the coldest regions of the world. Most modern…