The TALQ Consortium, a global standardization body enabling interoperability in smart cities, and the LUCI Association, the international network of cities on urban lighting, recently announced their collaboration to support cities on their path towards more sustainable and interoperable street lighting.
From July 2026, the TALQ Consortium has become an Associated Member of LUCI, while LUCI has joined the TALQ Partner Program. This two way collaboration brings together LUCI’s global community of cities and stakeholders with TALQ’s technical expertise gained by developing the open, vendor independent Smart City Protocol for managing interactive outdoor lighting and other smart city applications.
Thanks to the shared knowledge and future joint city-focused events and publications, cities will be able to reduce investment and deployment risks through clearer guidance on interoperable architectures and specifications, supporting competitive purchasing and long-term flexibility. Furthermore cities can initiate a faster, more scalable modernization of smart outdoor lighting by leveraging TALQ’s open interface approach while learning from LUCI cities’ real-world experiences. Overall they can expect to achieve measurable operational outcomes (energy performance, maintenance efficiency, service quality) by pairing city-led strategy discussions with standard-based implementation pathways.
Together, LUCI and TALQ aim to equip cities with both the strategic insight and the technical knowledge needed to develop sustainable, adaptable and future-ready urban lighting.
