Welcome to Central Denmark Region

energy and environment technology.The Central Denmark Region has therefore aunique potential for being able to develop theenergy and environment technology sector.The region will have a prominent place in2009 when Denmark hosts the UN climateconference. A very unique case is the Danishisland of renewable energy, Samsø, whichhas been self-sufficient in energy since 2003.The next goal, however, is a more intelligentuse of energy resources – e.g. using excesselectricity and hydrogen in the transportsector.The region sees great development potentialin the health-related business sector.The research undertaken at the region’seducational institutions is amongst the bestin the world. Based on the health sector,Central Denmark Region aims to furtherdevelop a business which is innovative andglobally oriented. This it aims to achieve byincreasing co-operation between businesscommunities, the health and knowledgesectors and across borders of trade, industryand geography.Central Denmark Region also has a veryimportant foodstuffs sector with largemanufacturing, processing and distributionunits, strong research and developmentactivities, knowledge groups as well as avariety of networking activities. This sector inCentral Denmark Region comprises of smalland medium-sized manufacturers as well aslarge international companies.8. One of the projects in Central Denmark Regiongenerating new health-related business is thenew University Hospital in Århus. Being the largestreorganisation of existing hospitals ever undertakenin Denmark this project offers a unique possibilityto combine the efforts of researchers, developers,manufacturers and the health care sector. This willempower and innovate the business sector as well asprovide the basis for new enterprises. The hospitalis expected to be completed over the course of thenext 12-15 years. The new hospital will have an areaof 400,000 square meters, employ 9,000 people andbe able to accommodate 100,000 admissions and600,000 out-patient visits annually.Photo: DNU-konsortiet9. Every pig carcass from the Danish Crownslaughterhouse in Horsens is automaticallyphotographed and ultrasound scanned and thenthe first carving is done by robots.Technologyhas provided the employees with a less physicallydemanding job.10. The Centre for Pervasive Healthcare at the AlexandraInstitute in Århus has developed a technology whichmakes it possible for patients with external woundsand ulcers to receive remote treatment. This isparticularly relevant for the treatment of elderlydiabetic patients with leg ulcers in their own homes. Avisiting nurse can film the wound with a mobile phoneand the hospital doctor can see it online and planfuture treatment.11. Ejstrupholm Dambrug (fish farm) produces 2,000tonnes of rainbow trout a year and uses the mostrecent technology to benefit the environment. Thisfarm cleanses, filtrates and recycles its own water nolonger having to use water from the nearby stream.