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

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Deliverables

Guidelines for the collection and the use of data (Access policy, informational and legal materials, open Access policy (opens in new window)

Based on international standards soft law provisions and current regulations D53 will provide internal guidance and ensure GDPR compliance Internal policies will address the obligations of the partners conducting clinical research reflecting the development of the DMP throughout the project

Healthy Urban Lighting Good Practice Guidelines final version (opens in new window)

Guidelines translating the findings from the pilots studies (WP2, WP3) into innovative and sustainable principles for connecting lighting policy and implementation with citizen health and wellbeing.

Recommendations on light hygiene to prevent cyrcadian rhythm-associated chronic diseases (opens in new window)

Recommendations on optimal exposure to artificial light exposure and to natural light/light therapy based on individual health status data profiling and on the results obtained by the interventional population study.

Report on ENLIGHTENme Common operational language (opens in new window)

The report will select a set of terms related to the focus of the project providing definitions and conceptual frameworks previously published in relation to the different sectors that use them It will then propose a glossary of terminology words abbreviations etc to be to be used in ENLIGHTENme for enhancing communication through a common understanding of terms and definitions

"Report on ""Lighting up city life"" campaign" (opens in new window)

Report on public campaign

Joint Policy Brief 3 (opens in new window)

Document describing briefly main messages towards relevant policymakers.

Cluster web portal and visual identity (opens in new window)

Website describing cluster activities and providing links to all individual cluster websites

Indoor lighting design (opens in new window)

Report of qualitative co-design project with a panel of households recruited from ULLs in each target district.

Cluster brochure (opens in new window)

Leaflet describing the cluster activities and participating projects

Draft Healthy Urban Lighting Good Practice Guidelines (opens in new window)

Guidelines translating the findings from the pilots studies (WP2, WP3) into innovative and sustainable principles for connecting lighting policy and implementation with citizen health and wellbeing. First draft to be discussed within the Healthy Urban Lighting Advisory Board

Ethical analysis report (opens in new window)

Based on current state of the art of the legal and ethical considerations this report will describe and address ethical challenges posed by the the interdependence of lighting policies on human health and environment This work will inform the Lighting policy and guidelines definition WP4 by identifying relevant ethical concerns that policymakers need to take into account while designing urban lighting policies

Draft biomedical protocol to assess the impact of electric light on circadian rhythms entrainment (opens in new window)

During the preparation of the grant a biomedical protocol is drafted With our interdisciplinary research team we will finetune the protocol in the first months of WP3 M13M25 The final protocol will be submitted to ensure replicability and to support and inform the wider research community

Evidence-based lighting-dependent risk and effects model on physical and mental health and wellbeing (opens in new window)

With the information gathered under D3.3 and D3.4 we will build and report on a risk and effect model on physical and mental health and wellbeing to inform future urban (mental) health policies

Report on Stakeholder Dialogue Breakfast (opens in new window)

A summary of the dialogue breakfast will be included in the document together with the list of participants.

Outdoor lighting design (opens in new window)

Based on qualitative research from ULLs and other data, and in consultation with Neri, we will produce a lighting design for implementation in a selected public space in each target district, allowing for further research and refinement over the year-long installation period.

Joint Policy Brief 2 (opens in new window)

Document describing briefly main messages towards relevant policymakers.

Literature review of the effects of light (opens in new window)

The report reflects the scientific background supporting the duration of the experimentation time in the population based study (3 months)

Joint Policy Brief 1 (opens in new window)

Document describing briefly main messages towards relevant policymakers

Validated innovative biomedical protocol to assess the impact of electric light on circadian rhythms entrainment (opens in new window)

The draft report submitted in response to D3.2 will be tested and validation over the course of the project. After this validation stage we will fine-tune the report and make it public ally available to inform the broader research community

Policy model for the assessment, governance and long term use of the biosamples and datasets (opens in new window)

Guidance for the long term exploitation of the collected biomaterials ensuring sustainability plans

Report on the full establishment and completion of the Board of Lighting Companies (opens in new window)

The report will list the participants to the BLC indicating their role within the organisation they represent

Report on the result of the empirical work for the co-creation of ethical frameworks: inputs for the EU commission (opens in new window)

Report on the integration of the stakeholders’ views into the ethical considerations, that can be constitute the basis for the development of education materials and guidelines.

Report on the full establishment of Healthy Urban Lighting Advisory Board (opens in new window)

The report will list the participants to the HULAB indicating their role within the organisation they represent

Cost effectiveness of the lighting innovative interventions Report (opens in new window)

The report will present evidence on the cost-effectiveness of the interventions (where the treatment group will experience both changes to indoor and outdoor lighting together and the control group neither).

Content of the Healthy City Manager Teaching programme 1st Ed (opens in new window)
Content of the Healthy City Manager Teaching programme 2nd Ed. (opens in new window)

Content of the Healthy City Manager Teaching programme 2nd Ed

Protocol for qualitative interviews on health and wellbeing, post-lighting intervention (opens in new window)

Post-implementation qualitative research in each target district over the course of the year-long public lighting intervention will result in delivery of a interview protocol that standardizes research across the three districts

Establishment of Urban Lighting Lab (ULL) for the 3 cities and activities programme (opens in new window)

Establishment of Urban Lighting Labs in each of the three targeted districts including programme of meetings and workshops and organizational structure to sustain ULLs over the installation period Recruitment of relevant stakeholders and community groups secure participation of municipalities List of the foreseen activities

Common dissemination and communication strategy for the cluster (opens in new window)

Document detailing the joint communication and dissemination strategy for the cluster

EU Policy Brief Series (opens in new window)

Report including the policy briefs summarizing ENLIGHTENme project’s main findings.

District-level MULTISCALE 3D URBAN MODEL (opens in new window)

3D CityGML model of the 3 target districts selected. The model will include the geometry of the buildings and other elements detailed in LoD2 and visual comfort indicators.

Global level Open Atlas - draft version (opens in new window)

Draft version of the ENLIGHTENme Atlas, representing existing knowledge about evidence and good practices on urban lighting for health and wellbeing.

City level Lighting and Health Maps (opens in new window)

The deliverable will describe and deploy the urban lighting and health maps at city level for the three cities (Bologna, Amsterdam and Tartu), including the layers of information which represent urban environment, socio-economic data, lighting characteristics and health.

ENLIGHTENme DSS (opens in new window)

Software to support decission making in lighting interventions. The deliverable will include the software development and the associated report about the functionalities and user manual.

Webinar on IP Management in Horizon 2020 (opens in new window)

Consortium Webinar on IP

Preliminary data management plan (opens in new window)

The preliminary data management plan DMP will clarify how data produced andor used in the project will be collected handled stored accessed and shared It will also clarify long term exploitation and conditions for reuse

Publications

Towards innovative urban lighting policies. The ENLIGHTENme project

Author(s): Elisa Conticelli, Giulia Marzani, Simona Tondelli
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 30
Publisher: NERI Foundation

The stars look down, but we don’t see them. Philosophical and ethical aspects of urban lighting

Author(s): Mirko Ancillotti, Deborah Mascalzoni
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 16
Publisher: NERI Foundation

ENLIGHTENme: how light affects our health and wellbeing

Author(s): Francesco Nardi, Martina Romagnoli, Chiara La Morgia, Laura Maria Beatrice Belotti, Elisa Baldin, Flavia Baccari, Leonardo Caporali, Giulia Amore, Corrado Zenesini, Luca Vignatelli, Eleonora Pizzi, Alberto Pasti, Valerio Carelli, Francesco Nonino
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 92
Publisher: NERI Foundation

Urban lighting for health and wellbeing: new guidelines (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tondelli, S., Conticelli, E., Marzani, G., Kozlova, I., Slater, D., Bordonaro, E., McDaid, D., Burton-Page, M., Van Der Pol, J., Brons, J.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: ENLIGHTENme
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14930691

Lighting for better ageing

Author(s): Elettra Bordonaro, Joanne Entwistle, Don Slater
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 56
Publisher: NERI Foundation

The impact of lighting on people’s health and wellbeing. A multidisciplinary approach

Author(s): Giulia Marzani, Elisa Conticelli, Peter Liljenberg, Sif Enevold, Jasmine van der Pol
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 42
Publisher: NERI Foundation

Innovative Policies for Improving Older Adults' Sleep and Activity/Rest Rhythms through Indoor Lighting Strategies (opens in new window)

Author(s): Barroggi Constantino, Debora; Skene, Debra; van der Veen, Daan
Published in: Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: na
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7994143

Building knowledge about lighting for health and wellbeing

Author(s): Aitziber Egusquisa Ortega, Don Slater, Giulia Marzani
Published in: Arredo & Città, Issue Anno 34 – N. 1, 2023, 2023, Page(s) 82
Publisher: NERI Foundation

Detaching From the Nine‐to‐Five: How Retirement and Genetics Are Related to Chronotype (opens in new window)

Author(s): Anne Landvreugd, Marijke Gordijn, Michel Nivard, Meike Bartels
Published in: Journal of Sleep Research, 2025, ISSN 0962-1105
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.70026

The Effect of Light on Wellbeing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (opens in new window)

Author(s): A. Landvreugd, M. G. Nivard, M. Bartels
Published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1389-4978
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-024-00838-4

Between the biological and social clock: Exploring the association between social jetlag and wellbeing (opens in new window)

Author(s): Anne Landvreugd, Michel Nivard, Meike Bartels
Published in: Personality and Individual Differences, Issue 237, 2025, Page(s) 113054, ISSN 0191-8869
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2025.113054

Using Polygenic Scores for Circadian Rhythms to Predict Wellbeing, Depressive Symptoms, Chronotype, and Health (opens in new window)

Author(s): Anne Landvreugd, René Pool, Michel G. Nivard, Meike Bartels
Published in: Journal of Biological Rhythms, Issue 39, 2025, Page(s) 270-281, ISSN 0748-7304
Publisher: Sage Science Press
DOI: 10.1177/07487304241230577

Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica para la construcción de Territorios Inteligentes (opens in new window)

Author(s): E. Usobiaga Ferrer, A. Egusquiza Ortega, P. De Agustín Camacho, M. Benedito Bordonau, A. Lopez De Aguileta
Published in: Actas del XX Congreso de tecnologías de la información geográfica. Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica para la construcción de territorios inteligentes., 2024, Page(s) 209-215, ISBN 978-84-128925-7-4
Publisher: ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE GEOGRAFÍA
DOI: 10.21138/tig.2024.lc

International conference proceedings - Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities (opens in new window)

Author(s): Various ENLIGHTENme partners; Editors: Elisa Conticelli, Giulia Marzani, Simona Tondelli
Published in: International Conference - Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities, 2022, ISBN 9788854970823
Publisher: ENLIGHTENme
DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/6863

Assessing outdoor lighting as a relevant urban feature for just and liveable cities. First insights from ENLIGHTENme project. (opens in new window)

Author(s): Giulia Marzani, Elisa Conticelli, Simona Tondelli
Published in: Planum publisher - Atti della XXV Conferenza SIU, Transizioni, giustizia spaziale e progetto di territorio, 2024, Page(s) 106-112, ISBN 978-88-99237-43-1
Publisher: Planum Publisher e Societa Italiana degli Urbanisti
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14973002

Illuminazione e salute: uno studio comparativo dei Lighting Masterplans. Temi ricorrenti e approcci condivisi. (opens in new window)

Author(s): Dorotea Ottaviani, Elisa Conticelli, Cecilia Biscarini
Published in: Planum publisher - Atti della XXV Conferenza SIU, Transizioni, giustizia spaziale e progetto di territorio, 2024, Page(s) 275-280, ISBN 978-88-99237-62-2
Publisher: Planum Publisher e Societa Italiana degli Urbanisti
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14975225

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