ENLIGHTENme

Innovative policies for improving citizens’ health and wellbeing addressing indoor and outdoor lighting

Codice progetto: GA 945238

Programma: Horizon 2020

Call: H2020-SC1-BHC-29-2020

 

A major, albeit underestimated, by-product of urbanization is the exponential increase of human exposure to artificial light. Outdoor illumination, artificial sky glow, domestic lighting, light-emitting screens, etc. entrain circadian clock.

Despite scientific evidences on the pathogenic role of circadian rhythms disruption in predisposing to NCDs, affecting sleep, metabolism, immune function and many aspects of behavior and mood, EU cities are mostly focusing on improving lighting services’ efficiency, reducing costs and emissions, but failing to consider lighting impacts on health and wellbeing.

Through an open-online Urban Lighting and Health Atlas, ENLIGHTENme will collect and systematize existing data and good practices on urban lighting and will perform an accurate study on the correlations among health, wellbeing, lighting and socio-economic factors in 3 pilot cities -Amsterdam, Bologna and Tartu, where a target district will be selected due to its exposure to artificial light and to reflect social inequalities. Through the establishment of Lighting Urban Labs within the district, citizens and stakeholders will co-create innovative Lighting Urban Plans measures and define the implementation of a smart outdoor lighting system and indoor lighting changes in a pilot area within the district. There, a population-based study on elderly – addressed as a vulnerable group particularly prone to suffer circadian misalignment – will allow to assess lighting-dependent risks on mental and health conditions and surveys involving the overall district population and users will allow assess the impacts of urban lighting on quality of life and wellbeing.

The results will allow to develop a dedicated Decision Support System and guidelines and recommendation on the impact of lighting on health and wellbeing, proposing innovative lighting policies, measures, technologies and interventions aiming at improving citizens’ health and wellbeing in cities. ENLIGHTENme is a part of the European Cluster on Urban Health. 

Durata del progetto

03.2021 – 2.2025

Responsabile scientifico per il Dipartimento 

Simona TONDELLI

Coordinatore

Alma Mater – Università di Bologna (Simona TONDELLI)

Partnership

AZIENDA UNITÀ SANITARIA LOCALE DI BOLOGNA

COMUNE DI BOLOGNA

TARTU LINN

TARTU ULIKOOL

GEMEENTE AMSTERDAM

STICHTING VU

GATE 21

OENGINEERING SRL

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION

EURICE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND PROJECT OFFICE GMBH

ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH

HEALTH CITY INSTITUTE

ASSOCIATION LUCI LIGHTING URBAN COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

OUTSIDE IN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD

CHRONO@WORK BV

NERI SPA

FONDAZIONE PER L'INNOVAZIONE URBANA

Budget

Budget totale: Eur 4.999.08,75

Budget DA: 510.312,50

Docenti e ricercatori collegati al progetto

Elisa CONTICELLI

Giulia MARZANI (Dottoranda)

Valerio CARELLI (DIBINEM)

Chiara LA MORGIA (DIBINEM)

Martina ROMAGNOLI (DIBINEM)

Elisa BALDIN (DIBINEM)

Giulia Amore (DIBINEM)

Settore ERC del progetto

SH2_7 Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy

SH2_10 Land use and regional planning

SH3_9 Health, ageing and society

LS2_6 Genomics (e.g. comparative genomics, functional genomics)

LS5_6 Neural bases of behaviour (e.g. sleep, consciousness, addiction)