Illuminazione pubblica e salute: il progetto ENLIGHTENme

There is now a wide recognition of the decisive role of cities in promoting health and wellbeing of their inhabitants. However, it is only recently that artificial lighiting began to be counted as one of the urban determinants of health. There is ample scientific evidences that inappropriate exposure to light profoundly influences people's circadian rhythm, health and wellbeing, affecting in particular vulnerable groups like older population. ENLIGHTENme project aims at developing urban policies to reduce the impact of artificial lighting on human health, with a specific concern for older population, by testing proposed solutions in three European cities and demonstrating that active involvement of all the stakeholders interested in lighting, health and urban spaces is crucial to define policies and approaches capable of improving citizens' health and wellbeing.