Terms of Use

General Terms and Conditions for the Use of This Website and Services

1. Scope

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the website operated by WillowRiver Ingenieurbüro Frank Sahlbach ("WillowRiver", "we", "us", or "our").

By accessing and using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use this website.

2. Provider

This website is operated by:

WillowRiver Ingenieurbüro Frank Sahlbach
Owner: Frank Sahlbach
An der Aue 24
04758 Oschatz
Germany

Email:
Phone: +49 176 85152124

3. Services Offered on This Website

This website provides general information about our consulting and engineering-related services, including in particular services in the areas of sustainable technology, energy, artificial intelligence, and funding or grant-related advisory support.

This website may also provide an AI-powered assistant for general informational support regarding funding programs and related topics.

The content and tools made available on this website are intended solely for general information and initial orientation.

4. No Contractual Relationship Through Mere Website Use

The mere use of this website does not create a consulting contract, engineering contract, agency relationship, or other contractual relationship between you and WillowRiver.

A binding contractual relationship is created only through a separate express agreement.

5. No Individual Professional Advice

The content on this website, including texts, AI-generated answers, examples, checklists, or other materials, does not constitute individual legal, tax, financial, engineering, or funding advice.

Any information provided on this website is general in nature and does not take into account the specific circumstances of any individual case or project.

Before making business, financial, legal, technical, or funding-related decisions, you should obtain appropriate professional advice tailored to your specific situation.

6. AI-Powered Assistant

This website may provide an AI-powered assistant to answer general questions, including questions relating to funding programs.

AI-generated content is provided solely for general informational purposes. It may be incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or unsuitable for your specific circumstances.

In particular:

  • AI-generated responses do not constitute legal, tax, financial, engineering, or binding funding advice;
  • AI-generated responses do not guarantee eligibility for any funding program or the success of any application;
  • AI-generated responses must be independently reviewed and verified before they are relied upon.

You remain solely responsible for evaluating whether any information provided through the AI assistant is appropriate for your intended use.

7. No Guarantee of Availability or Accuracy

We strive to keep the website content and tools accurate and up to date. However, we do not guarantee that the website, its content, or any AI-generated response is complete, accurate, current, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

Funding programs, legal frameworks, technical standards, and administrative requirements may change at any time. Information on this website may therefore become outdated without notice.

8. Permitted Use

You may use this website only for lawful purposes and only in accordance with these Terms of Use.

You may not:

  • use the website in violation of applicable law;
  • interfere with the operation or security of the website;
  • attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems, accounts, or data;
  • introduce malware, harmful code, or disruptive material;
  • use automated means to access, scrape, or extract website content unless such use is expressly permitted by us;
  • misuse the AI assistant or submit unlawful, infringing, abusive, or harmful content through it;
  • use the website or AI outputs in a manner that infringes third-party rights.

9. Intellectual Property

All content on this website, including text, design elements, logos, graphics, layouts, and other materials, is protected by applicable intellectual property laws unless stated otherwise.

Unless otherwise permitted by mandatory law, you may not reproduce, distribute, make publicly available, modify, or commercially exploit website content without our prior written consent.

10. Third-Party Services and Third-Party Content

In order to operate the website and provide certain functions, including AI-supported features, we may use third-party technical or software services.

Where the website contains links to third-party websites or references to third-party content, we are not responsible for the content, legality, accuracy, or availability of those external websites or services. The respective provider or operator is solely responsible for their content.

11. Funding and Grant Information

Information on funding programs, grants, subsidies, eligibility criteria, deadlines, or application procedures is provided solely for general informational purposes.

We do not guarantee:

  • that any funding program is currently available;
  • that any information on eligibility, funding amount, or procedure is complete or accurate;
  • that you or your project qualify for any program;
  • that any application will be approved.

You are responsible for independently verifying all relevant information with the competent funding body or authority before taking action.

12. Liability

We are liable without limitation in cases of intent, gross negligence, and for damages resulting from injury to life, body, or health.

In cases of slight negligence, we are liable only for the breach of an essential contractual obligation (cardinal obligation). In such cases, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.

Any further liability on our part is excluded to the extent permitted by applicable law.

The above limitations of liability also apply in favor of our legal representatives, employees, and vicarious agents.

13. No Liability for Decisions Based on Website Content

Decisions made on the basis of information obtained from this website or from the AI assistant are made at your own responsibility.

This applies in particular to business, financial, funding-related, legal, tax, or technical decisions, and to the preparation or submission of applications, project plans, or investment decisions.

14. User Content and Communications

If you submit content or information to us through the website, email, or interactive tools, you are responsible for ensuring that you are entitled to submit that content and that it does not violate applicable law or third-party rights.

You should not submit confidential information, trade secrets, or sensitive personal data through the website or AI assistant unless this is strictly necessary and appropriately protected.

15. Suspension or Restriction of Access

We may restrict or suspend access to the website or individual functions if this is necessary for technical, security, legal, or operational reasons.

We do not guarantee continuous availability of the website or of any individual feature.

16. Changes to the Website and These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time if this is necessary for legal, technical, or operational reasons.

The version published on this website at the time of use shall apply.

17. Consumer Dispute Resolution

Information pursuant to § 36 VSBG:

We are not willing and not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

18. Applicable Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding conflict-of-law rules, to the extent such choice of law is legally permissible.

Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the country in which a consumer has his or her habitual residence remain unaffected where applicable.

19. Place of Jurisdiction

If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, and if a valid jurisdiction agreement is legally permissible, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising in connection with the use of this website shall be the court with jurisdiction for Oschatz, Germany.

Mandatory statutory provisions on jurisdiction, in particular those protecting consumers, remain unaffected.

20. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.

21. Contact

If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact:

WillowRiver Ingenieurbüro Frank Sahlbach
An der Aue 24
04758 Oschatz
Germany

Email:
Phone: +49 176 85152124