The Gas Technology Institute is an American non-profit organization that develops, demonstrates and licenses new energy technologies for private and public customers, with a particular focus on the gas industry. The institute is located in Des Plains , Illinois .
History
In 1941, the Institute of Gas Technology was founded at the Illinois Institute of Technology .
In 1976, the Gas Research Institute was founded by the federal government. It was funded from interstate natural gas taxes. [one]
In 2000, the tax funded by the Gas Research Institute was abolished, as a result of which the Gas Research Institute and the Institute of Gas Technology were combined to form the Gas Technology Institute .
In 2006, the building where the institute used to be located was occupied by Shimer College , which settled there after moving from Waukegan , Illinois . [2]
Notes
- ↑ GTI History . Date of treatment January 26, 2016.
- ↑ Isaacs, Deanna So Long, Shimer (English) (August 30, 2007). Date of treatment January 26, 2016.