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About uCIFI®

The uCIFI® Alliance

The uCIFI® Alliance is an open, non-profit organization that was established in 2019. Its members share the same vision and closely collaborate on smart city projects to offer Cities and Utilities open and interoperable solutions. Cities like Brussels (Sibelga) in Belgium and Gijon in Spain have already included uCIFI® in their tender specifications.

MISSION

To enable devices interoperability by creating open standards.

VISION

To become the standard adopted by every smart city aiming at sustainable investment and open-source technology. To be the reference ecosystem for all companies having interoperability as a strategic mission.

VALUE

We believe in openness, shared growth and technology inclusivity.

Membership

Our members are companies, cities and utilities across the globe which develop, deploy and/or use connected solutions to address various smart city use cases from remote meter reading, to environmental sensors. The uCIFI® Alliance membership is divided into promoter, contributor, adopter and supporter levels.

Find out more about our members

Become a member

uCIFI® ALLIANCE FAQ

Where is the uCIFI® Alliance incorporated?
uCIFI® is an international Industry Alliance founded by global players. Members from any country are welcome. The uCIFI® Alliance is founded in the State of Oregon in the USA.
How is the Alliance managed?

The Alliance is managed by the Board of Directors constituted of Promoter Members delegates. The Workgroups constituted of Promoter and Contributor members delegates are in charge for the technical and marketing development. VTM Group, an external agency specialized in managing Consortia and Industrial Alliances, manage all the administrative and financial aspects of the Alliance.

What are the Alliance target smart city verticals?
The uCIFI® Alliance targets all smart city and utility verticals and use cases. For the v1.0 of the data model the Alliance has listed a large number of Smart City use cases and made sure that the uCIFI® data model, its 33 objects, hundreds of attributes and services are available to support all of them, from smart streetlight to smart waste, from building energy efficiency to environmental monitoring, from water management to traffic, from parking to safety.
Is there any preliminary condition to becoming a uCIFI® member?

Promoter and Contributor members must declare their intention to:

  • Implement the uCIFI® Data Model in their next generation of products and solutions or for non-supplier members specify the uCIFI® data model in projects;
  • Promote uCIFI® and the uCIFI® Data Model among industry players, cities and utilities and in their marketing and communication material;
  • Support cities and utilities in the deployment of open and interoperable connected solutions.

Also, only Cities are eligible to join as Supporter members.

uCIFI® Alliance

3855 SW 153rd Drive
Beaverton, OR 97003
United States of America

contact@ucifi.org