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1.0) Professional Background: Jorg Ostrowski has 27 years of practical experience in the "real world" and 8 years of professional architectural training from 2 universities. He has been responsible for all company work including design, consulting, R&D, and construction. All work follows our Mission/Vision Statement. He tries to practice what he preaches by living and working daily in a sustainable home and office with sustainable features, innovative concepts, user-friendly spaces, multi-purpose details, green products, healthy materials, indoor gardens, wide window sills and lots of sunshine and daylight. If this is for you, please read further, or check out his professional resume.

2.0) Introduction: Since 1976, Jorg Ostrowski has provided professional advice on an hourly or per diem basis to a wide variety of clients, both small and large, in both Canada and the United Sates, consulting on ecological projects including EcoHomes, Green Buildings and Sustainable Development. Based on many years of "hands-on" experience in the field, retrospectives of past work, government contacts, industry suppliers, constant improvements and product knowledge, he can help clients to replicate successes, while avoiding mistakes. Clients gain from our accumulated knowledge from past projects to improve all present and future projects, hindsight and foresight that clients cannot gain from their own one-time experience. Sometimes, thousands of dollars have been saved due to recommendations of what to avoid, simplify, change, with alternative solutions, where appropriate. If this is of interest, please read Criteria & Guidelines.

3.0) Projects: Jorg Ostrowski has worked with the following types of projects, both new and retrofit: residential: single & multi-family; commercial buildings; office tower; college; house retrofits; building additions.

Note: residential and single & multi-familyhave been also been built using strawbale construction (see #10 below), including several strawbale bed & breakfast projects.

4.0) Clients: Jorg Ostrowski has worked with the following types of clients, both professionals and lay people: building/property managers; building/home owners; architects; builders/developers; First Nations; oil company; educational institutes; environmental groups; law firm; government .

5.0) potential Benefits to Clients: Jorg Ostrowski tries to combine the best of yesterday in the reality of today, ready for the tomorrow: lower operating costs; lower maintenance costs; more user-friendly spaces; more healthy indoor environment; low environmental impact; cost-effective solutions; worthy personal legacy; greater comfort; handicapped access; possible environmental credits; higher real estate value (marketing leverage); optimal natural daylighting.

6.0) Consulting Services: Jorg Ostrowski can offer the following types of consulting services:
6.1) Concept Dialogue: preliminary discussion on start up of initial ideas to guide the later development of the project, to focus on the best path, ideas, features, technologies, and to edit the most unfeasible ones, at the beginning, rather than dwelling on ideal but non cost-effective solutions;
6.2) Plan Review: mark up of drawings done by others, usually done at the start, middle