< PreviousWHERE TO FIND THE G R E E N IN GERMANYGermany’s well-documented energiewende, or transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy, already makes it attractive for companies looking to fortify their sustainability profi le. But where will corporate occupiers fi nd the greenest buildings once they land within Germany’s borders?At the EXPO REAL conference in Munich in October, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recognized Hesse as the German state with the highest number of LEED-certifi ed green buildings. Hesse is home to nearly million gross sq. m. (. million gross sq. ft. or GSF) of building space comprising LEED-certifi ed projects. Bavaria is No. with LEED-certifi ed projects comprising . million GSM ( million GSF).“Germany is a booming market for green building,” said Kay Killmann, managing director, Green Business Certifi cation Inc. (GBCI) Europe. “ ere more than buildings across my home country of Germany that are using LEED. Building owners are using LEED not only to develop healthy, highly effi cient and cost-saving green buildings but also to mitigate investment risks.”Examples of LEED-certifi ed projects at corporate operations across Germany include Fiat Chrysler’s site in Frankfurt; Trivago’s headquarters in Düsseldorf; the Stryker Innovation Center in Freiburg; Aldi Nord Campus in Essen; and Unilever-Haus in Hamburg.GBCI Europe was established by the USGBC in and is headquartered in Munich, to meet the increasing demands of green building in the region. “Germany is a country of million people, it is the undisputed economic powerhouse of Europe, and it is a nation known for having some of the world’s best, most creative professionals in the fi elds of engineering and design,” said Killmann.by ADAM BRUNSadam.br uns @ site s ele c tion.c omGERMANYFinancial services company Helaba Group’s tower in Frankfurt, certi ed LEED-Platinum in 2016, is among the structures making the German state of Hesse No. 1 in the nation for green buildings.Photo courtesy of Helaba38 NOVEMBER 2018 SI T E S E L E C T IO NAccording to the USGBC, Germany in 2017 was No. 5 among international LEED markets outside the United States (measured by certified gross floor area). At that time, there were 276 LEED-certified projects in Germany (12 percent of all LEED international projects) totaling 7 million GSM.No doubt sustainability will be prime in the sights of one of the newest corporate locations, as BMW and Daimler in September announced plans to locate the headquarters of their proposed global mobility company in Berlin. “As a hub for creativity and innovation, Berlin is exactly the right location for our plans,” said Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. “The future of mobility is being shaped in major cities like Berlin,” said Harald Krüger, chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. S I T E S E L E C T I O N NOVEMBER 2018 39Infographic courtesy of USGBCTOP 10 STATES IN GERMANY FOR LEED40 NOVEMBER 2018 SI T E S E L E C T IO NMovesThe hot spots are indeed growing: Arizona has its new Institute for Automated Mobility (in partnership with Intel). Michigan has the University of Michigan’s Mcity in Ann Arbor. Cities from Boston, Austin and Nashville to Pittsburgh, Reno and Silicon Valley (where Korea’s Mando opened an AV R&D center last year) all lay claim to some degree of AV clustering. Where are they pushing the envelope beyond the envelope of the United States? Here are a few snapshots.JapanJapan’s Toyota Motor Corporation and SoftBank Corp. in October agreed to form a strategic partnership to facilitate the creation of new mobility services, and plan to establish a joint venture company, MONET Technologies Corporation, before April 2019. MONET first plans to roll out just-in-time vehicle dispatch services for local public agencies and private companies throughout Japan.By the second half of the 2020s, MONET plans to roll out Autono-MaaS (autonomous mobility as a service) businesses using e-Palette, Toyota’s dedicated battery electric vehicle for mobility services that can be used for various purposes, including logistics and sales. The roll-out will be limited to Japan, but “with an eye to future expansion on the global market.”Toyota President Akio Toyoda said the JV was the two partners’ way of addressing how to best use CASE technologies (“connected,” “autonomous,” “shared,” and “electric”). “I think that cars will become part of our social network by connecting us to our communities through data and information, and helping to provide services that support our everyday lives,” he said. He sees the two partners collaborating with their respective allies “to realize an unprecedented future mobility society.”Toyota has also invested $500 million in Uber’s autonomous driving research. Meanwhile, GM and Ford are among the companies working on the same thing with Uber’s chief rival Lyft. Honda, GM and Softbank all are collectively investing billions and collaborating with San Francisco-based Cruise to fund and develop a purpose-built autonomous vehicle that can serve a wide variety of use cases and be manufactured at high volume for global deployment. “With the backing of General Motors, SoftBank and now Honda, Cruise is deeply by ADAM BRUNSadam.bruns@siteselection.comGLOBAL AUT OMO TIVESmart Mercedes-Benz Vans’ URBANETIC concept, based on autonomous vehicles, seeks to remove “the separation between people moving and goods transportation” and improve urban life.Photo courtesy of DaimlerLooking to position yourself near autonomous, smart and electrified vehicle R&D? It seems as if there’s an autonomous vehicle (AV) test bed around every corner — including Site Selection’s hometown Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners.It’s still very early: The Brussels-based European New Car Assessment Program reminded us in October that even though more than 70 percent of car drivers believe that it is already possible to purchase a car that can drive itself, no car on the market today offers full automation or autonomy. But an Intel study released the very next week found that 63 percent of survey respondents expect AVs to be the norm in 50 years. “That future vision fits with an earlier study in which Intel predicted a passenger-centric future worth $7 trillion by 2050,” said Intel. When asked what they expect to do in an AV in the next 50 years, people said:• Consume entertainment (58 percent) • Socialize (57 percent) • Work (56 percent) • Host meetings (33 percent) • Groom (26 percent) • Exercise (14 percent)42 NOVEMBER 2018 SI T E S E L E C T IO Nresourced to accomplish our mission to safely deploy autonomous technology across the globe,” said Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt. Cruise driverless cars are currently testing in California, Arizona and Michigan.IsraelJapan’s DENSO in March announced a new “satellite R&D” team in Israel to accelerate work in areas such as automated driving, cybersecurity, and AI, in part by collaborating with local startups to pioneer new technologies. In October, VW, Intel’s Mobileye and Champion Motors announced plans to deploy Israel’s first self-driving ride hailing service in 2019.United KingdomIn October 2017, a consortium led by TRL was awarded £13.4 million of the UK government’s £100-million Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) test bed funding to create a real-world test environment for the development of future mobility solutions. The consortium includes DG Cities, Cisco, Costain, Cubic, Loughborough University, Transport for London and the London Legacy Development Corporation. Delivery partners include Millbrook Proving Ground and the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre. A Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) will be located in London, based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and nearby Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.United Arab EmiratesDubai’s Roads and Transport Authority in October showcased the first test run of an autonomous taxi at the GITEX 2018 exhibition. This program and other initiatives are part of the Dubai Smart Self-Driving Mobility Strategy that aims to transform 25 percent of Dubai’s total journeys into self-driving transit means by 2030. The vehicle was run on dedicated routes at Dubai Silicon Oasis, which designed the vehicle system in collaboration with DG World.HungaryGermany’s Bosch in July announced it would invest €101 million to expand its Budapest development center by 90,000 sq. m. (968,785 sq. ft.) as well as add a new test track. “The Bosch facility, which will be based on Hungarian engineering expertise, will be the Group’s second largest European development center and create new opportunities for testing electric and self-driven vehicles,” said Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó. A recent KPMG report gauging countries’ readiness for autonomous vehicles also looked at the number of electric vehicle charging points per 100 kilometers of paved road, with the Netherlands leading in both categories.Graph courtesy of StatistaRenault’s EZ-PRO is an autonomous delivery concept featuring shared customizable robo-pods and human “concierges” instead of drivers. Like Daimler’s URBANETIC concept, it’s geared toward last-mile services in an urban setting.Images courtesy of Renault44 NOVEMBER 2018 SI T E S E L E C T IO NWhere to EstablishWhere to EstablishMRO Beachheadanin theAsia-Paci cRegionHow a local American Chamber of Commerce Aerospace Council paves the way.Over the next two decades, Asia-Pacifi c airlines are forecast to account for percent of total new commercial aircraft orders, according to a Boeing long-term forecast. is makes the region a key growth market for such commercial aerospace manufacturers as Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, among others. “ e Asia-Pacifi c’s aviation industry has experienced remarkable growth over the past decade,” reports Rajiv Biswas, Asia-Pacifi c chief economist at IHS Markit Company. “In fact, the number of Asian airlines now totals over , with an estimated percent of the world commercial aircraft fl eet. APAC also accounted for around percent of international and percent of domestic scheduled air passenger traffi c last year.” is and other analysis point to an aerospace sector poised for even more growth in Asia. But less evidence can be found of U.S. aerospace by JOHN BR A SCH & JIM GRUNE WALDe ditor @ site s ele c tion.c omAEROSP ACEThere are resources available for those in the aerospace and MRO sectors looking to de-risk their touch-down in Thailand.Image: Getty Images46 NOVEMBER 2018 SI T E S E L E C T IO Ncompanies that are positioned to capture market share by having a regional presence. The Aerospace Council of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand wants to change that. Its membership is business leaders who have “cracked the code” and are currently working in the region. The Council supports and promotes aerospace-oriented industries and projects in the region by improving government-to-industry relationships, increasing understanding of U.S. and Thailand/ASEAN aerospace regulations and increasing member companies’ ability to compete for business.The Royal Thai Government (RTG) Board of Investment (BOI) makes available significant incentives to attract foreign aerospace investment. But there is little understanding on the part of non-Asian investors about what it takes to establish, operate and sustain a successful aerospace enterprise in Thailand.Continue to Outsource — $21.8BGap — $6.3BInsourced — $8.2BUSD Billion00.511.522.533.520172019202120232025202720292031203320352037MRO Spending Currently InsourcedGrowth in Insourced MRO SpendingOutsourced MRO SpendingThailand MRO Spending Growth (2017–2037)Business as Usual ScenarioLong-range forecasts from both Airbus (above) and Boeing show how important the Asia-Pacific will be over the next 20 years.Next >