Unconventional methods to inform sustainable design: Mediating the needs of people and nature in Nordic after-dark environments
Urban developments are growing, and related design has evolved by putting human needs and interests first. In order to develop in a sustainable way, we urgently need to balance our needs with the needs of nature.
Education and policymaking play crucial roles to provide balance for responsible practices, however, concrete data and knowledge is necessary to inform policy development. In this broader context, one focus area particularly relevant in Nordic countries is the use of electric light in after-dark outdoor environments, and the impact it has on flora, fauna, and energy use, as well as human behaviour and wellbeing.
The Nordark consortium project is funded by NordForsk with co-funding from the Swedish Energy Agency.
Our project strives to develop new knowledge crucial to design for sustainable design in urban after-dark environments.
NorDark Consortium
Strategy
Sustainable after-dark design
Sustainable after-dark design
Sustainable after-dark design
Investigate the topic of sustainable after-dark design in a holistic way that, while supporting human needs, minimizes energy use, light pollution, and negative impacts on wildlife.
Innovation
Sustainable after-dark design
Sustainable after-dark design
Support innovation within each discipline involved and generate evidence for sustainable, research driven design practices and policymaking.
Collaborate
Sustainable after-dark design
Foster awareness
Collaborate across academic disciplines and with organizations and municipalities to assure evidence-based application and practice.
Foster awareness
Digital twin tools
Foster awareness
Foster awareness about the interaction between human and wildlife under urban lighting conditions.
More-than-human
Digital twin tools
Digital twin tools
Develop methods for a transdisciplinary, more-than-human-centric design approach.
Digital twin tools
Digital twin tools
Digital twin tools
Develop digital twin tools to support designing, planning, and simulating more-than-human-centric urban lighting conditions as well as data integration, analysis and visualization.
A Glimpse into NorDark
