We are certifying a Hospital according to LEED 2009 for Healthcare yet to be registered. The hospital is part of a larger scale project which is not being LEED certified as a whole (we are certifying the hospital building only). A new district heating and cooling plant is being built as part of the larger project and will serve most buildings of the project including the hospital. The district plant is located outside the LEED boundary of the Hospital. Could you please confirm that both Option 1 and Option 2 of the DES guideline (issued on August 13 2010) are available to the project? Can you confirm there no restrictions to this choice between the two options due to the project owner is one, in other words the same owner for the hospital and the district plant?