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"CePORT has created an information platform that integrates applications such as building automation, space utilization, energy management, and vertical-specific applications through an end-product that can communicate using IP networks and provide information-rich user interfaces."

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This article is a chapter of Information Systems, edited by Richard T. Watson of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business and published under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License through the Global Text Project.

"Twenty percent of all energy used in the United States can be linked to commercial buildings. The energy footprint of a commercial building is largely dominated by lighting, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems. As the US population increases, building energy consumption is expected to rise; new solutions that deal with reducing commercial energy use must be developed. A potential solution is the creation of an information system that can analyze data from various building systems and manage all systems as if they were one.

CePORT, a start-up technology firm based in Skokie, Illinois, has created such a system."

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"We’re ready right now, and so is the market. We've built the platform that allows that to happen today. All the requirements are in place: systems with accessible APIs, open data standards, security protocols, APIs to everything from signage to security systems, and database-driven card access systems. The only remaining obstacles are political. So what we need to do is break down people’s assumptions about what is possible."

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"At Continental, we are testing and deploying our solution on top of our own headquarters’ building systems in Skokie, Illinois, but larger and smaller buildings or companies will all see the value in true building integration. The need for a one-size-fits-all product is inherent to the market’s mode of development. We believe a truly integrative BSP will scale to any building size, with any client configuration, because every building must interact with People, Space, Time, and Energy."