The charitable foundation – MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund – was set up in 2008 with two aims: education and environmental protection, both vital to the social needs of the worldwide community.
Established in 2008, the MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund has two aims: education and environmental protection, both vital to the social needs of the worldwide community. Through the Fund, donations are made, sponsorships funded and partnerships established with charities, colleges and non-governmental organisations worldwide.
Philanthropy and Charitable Donations
The Sichuan Earthquake happened on 12 May 2008 and Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan on 8 August 2008, leaving numerous people homeless and countless casualties. In response to appeals from the Hong Kong Red Cross, “MEGAMAN Charity Trust Fund” has donated HK$3 Million and HK$500,000 for immediate relief assistance and implementation of long-term reconstruction plans in the affected areas, and to provide food, warm clothing and other emergency supplies for the victims, via Hong Kong Red Cross.
In appreciation of our generous support of the relief works for the disastrous catastrophes that occurred in 2008, the Hong Kong Red Cross has presented “MEGAMAN Charity Trust Fund” with a Certificate of Commendation during the Hong Kong Red Cross Relief Donor Award Ceremony.
Research Project with Royal College of Art
With the aim of exploring the psychology of lighting space and the practicalities of achieving lower light levels while satisfying user needs, MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund collaborated with the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art and the RCA's Department of Architecture. The research project sought a more creative, energy-efficient approach to lighting commercial interiors, based on practical exemplars utilizing low-energy light sources that lead to reduced light levels. This project not only encouraged the integration of eco-elements into lighting interiors, but also contributed to the development of new strategies for sustainable lighting.
The research has reviewed two trends in architectural lighting: a sustainable approach where ambient levels of light are reduced to below half that recommended in the Code for Lighting; and a ‘well-being’ approach where levels are raised to be ‘biologically significant’ and stimulate alertness.
Light Volumes, Dark Matters
Light Volumes Dark Matters, by Claudia Dutson
This book is the outcome of a two-year project carried out at the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre supported by the MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund. The project set out to investigate why levels of artificial light in commercial interiors are increasing and explore more efficient ways of lighting space than with a uniform lighting layout. The primary concern of the research was the impact that high levels of light have on the people who work under it.
The Book Launch Seminar and Webinar
Light Volumes, Dark Matters, the book set to challenge current practices in workplace environment lighting, was launched at the end of September 2010 to an audience of 100 plus designers and architects at the Royal College of Art, London.
For more information, please visit www.lightvolumesdarkmatters.com
The second collaboration between the RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre, the RCA's Department of Architecture and the MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund to investigate new strategies for sustainable lighting in the public realm has been kicked off. This study will build on the MEGAMAN® Charity Trust Fund's twin interests in education and environmental protection and build on ‘Light Volumes and Dark Matters’ the two-year study (2008/10) led by Research Associate Claudia Dutson, which has centred on rethinking the over-illumination of commercial interiors.
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