About Luci

What is LUCI?

LUCI (Lighting Urban Community International) is a unique international network bringing together cities and lighting professionals engaged in using light as a major tool for urban, social and economic development, with a concern for sustainability and environmental issues.

Created in 2002, at the behest of the City of Lyon, LUCI is today an organisation of more than 90 members, amongst which around 60 cities covering four continents and 30 associated members (international companies, lighting designers and architects, universities, independent lighting professionals…)

Objectives of LUCI

World cities are confronted with the emergence of new urban forms, to the evolution of urban lifestyles and to an acute energy crisis.
LUCI’s aim is to help cities find appropriate answers to these major challenges through lighting plans, projects and innovations.

Three main objectives lead the work of the LUCI network:
- Making use of light as a tool for urban development
- Promoting an urban identity by means of artistic and technical choices
- Taking into account environmental and sustainable development issues

On these topics, LUCI responds to the need for exchanges and expertise on lighting, and fosters dialogue on creation and technology.

LUCI Executive Committee

The network is lead by an Executive Committee made up of 7 voting members (cities), and 3 associated non-voting members (corporations). The Executive Committee meets twice a year.

Voting members:

  • President : Lyon (France), represented by Jean-Michel DACLIN, Deputy Mayor of Lyon in charge of international relations and tourism
  • Vice-President : Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
  • Treasurer : Ghent (Belgium)
  • Chartres (France)
  • Gwangju (South Korea)
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Liege (Belgium)
  • Leipzig (Germany)
  • Moscow (Russia)

Non-voting members:

  • Philips
  • Thorn Lighting
  • Schreder

LUCI commissions

“Urban Strategies and Lighting”, chaired by the City of Liege

As lighting can bring greater comfort and tranquillity to the inhabitants of cities, it is a strategic and determining factor in urban planning. It is a vehicle for social and urban integration and contributes to making regeneration and renovation programs attractive.
The “Urban Strategies and Lighting” Commission focuses on the evolution of urban forms and lifestyles, as well as on the relationships individuals establish with their environment.
Through the exchange of experiences and the sharing of ideas, it identifies what role lighting can play, and what impact it can have on this urban environment in constant change.
Thierry Basomboli, Communication Officer. Contact : thierry.basomboli@liege.be

“Culture and Lighting”, chaired by the City of Glasgow

Lighting is used by a city to assert and reveal its identity. It can model space in a district, sculpt volume in a building, set off a city treasure, and/or create artistic and spectacular illuminations.
The “Culture and Lighting” Commission focuses on the topics of: the enhancement of heritage, artistic creation, and regeneration through the use of lighting.
Cathy Johnston, Group Manager - Design and Environment. Contact : cathy.johnston@glasgow.gov.uk

“Technological Prospects and Trends” chaired by the City of Shanghai

Throughout the world light is undergoing continuous innovation. Scientists, technicians, designers and companies all use their knowledge to experiment with new lighting solutions: more economic, more efficient and more responsive to the needs of cities and their inhabitants.
The “Technological Prospects and Trends” Commission focuses on the latest innovations and novelties in the lighting world, and aims to keep LUCI members informed of the latest technologies that make lighting a modern tool of urban development.
Yonghua Gai, Shanghai City Appearance & Environmental Sanitation Administrative Bureau. Contact : gaiyonghua@sina.com

“Sustainable Development”, chaired by the City of Eindhoven

Lighting is responsible for approximately a quarter of all energy consumed worldwide, and has significant consequences for individuals and their environment.
Beyond operating costs, which cities seek to keep to a minimum, light pollution has become a strategic issue for all professionals and administrators who work with light.
Not only does excessive lighting disrupt entire ecosystems, but it can also have effects on human health and comfort in urban areas, life-cycle rhythms and perceptions according to age and seasons.
The “Sustainable Development” Commission seeks ways to use lighting in a more efficient and more pertinent fashion, in order to generate less waste and unwanted or unneeded illuminations.
Rik Van Stiphout, Lighting Program Manager. Contact : r.van.stiphout@eindhoven.nl