ITI-Feder (2024 - 2027)
The Noz Breizh chair is pleased to announce the launching of a new ITI-FEDER project titled Action Research on the ‘Black Grid’ and Experimentation to Preserve and Restore Ecological Connectivity: The Brest Métropole Case Study.
Initiated in 2024 with the support of Brest métropole, this research program will continue through 2027 in order to:
- identify an initial dark ecological network at the metropolitan level,
- assess the impact of changes in artificial lighting on urban and peri-urban ecosystems, including the restoration of ecological connectivity,
- and design and implement a study on the reduction of urban lighting and the social acceptability of such a reduction.
The study sites are all located in the Brest metropolitan area (ZAC de la Fontaine Margot, Queliverzan, and Rody Kermeur).
Having developed a research protocol to assess how users and residents perceive certain changes to street lighting (reduced intensity, sensor systems, and turning off lights), the chair will continue and finalize the sociological and urban study on the perception and social acceptability of actions taken regarding urban lighting.
The project will conclude with a presentation seminar on the methodology used and the publication of a white paper regarding these topics.
