The future is where sustainability
meets innovation

THE COMPANY IN BRIEF

i-Pergola is an innovative SME benefit corporation.

i-Pergola was created to introduce 4.0 innovation (materials, IoT, AI) into solar systems for four main sectors: Industry, e-mobility, Water Management, and Agritech. Sustainability, low environmental impact, efficiency, ease of management, and durability are the key factors that drive every i-Pergola solution.

VISION

The corporate philosophy of i-Pergola

i-Pergola stands out in the market for innovative photovoltaic solutions thanks to an integrated approach focused on sustainability. Our company is structured into three main divisions, each of which contributes to our goal of providing cutting-edge energy solutions:

Co-Development

We collaborate with clients on customized projects, managing everything from STMG connection requests to design and authorization, offering tailored solutions.

Production & Supply

We manufacture and supply solar trackers, advanced agrivoltaic trackers, and floating photovoltaic systems, providing the necessary hardware, electronics, software, and documentation.

EPC

We offer complete EPC services for rooftop, ground-mounted, agrivoltaic, and floating photovoltaic systems, managing projects from design to construction for efficient implementation.

At the core of every i-Pergola activity, four fundamental pillars coexist, guiding our operations:
Tecnica

Technical

Technical excellence is at the heart of all our solutions, ensuring that every project is designed and executed to the highest quality standards.

Innovazione

Innovation

Innovation is at the heart of all our solutions, ensuring that every project is designed and executed according to the highest quality standards.

Facilità d'uso

Ease of Use and Problem Solving

Technical excellence is at the heart of all our solutions, ensuring that every project is designed and executed to the highest quality standards.

Esperienza

Experience in Large-Scale Projects

Our extensive experience in managing large-scale projects enables us to competently tackle the most complex challenges, delivering reliable and sustainable results.

TEAM

Company

The strength of i-Pergola lies primarily in its founders and team, composed of entrepreneurs and managers with extensive international experience in complementary sectors such as engineering, construction, startup, and innovation in the energy, agriculture, and construction industries, as well as in business and financial management.

The shareholders of i-Pergola:

  • Francesco Fracchia
  • Paolo Bertuzzi
  • Alessio Zoccatelli
  • Marcello Ermacora
  • Marco Paterlini
  • Andrea D’Amico
  • Carlo Minini
  • Alessandro Santi
  • Dario Armellin

Board of directors:

  • Francesco Fracchia
  • Andrea D’Amico
  • Marco Paterlini
  • Marcello Ermacora
  • Luca Giranzani
Co-sviluppo

Research and development

Our research and development activities focus on mechatronics, IoT electronics, and intelligent software. Thanks to the experience of our team, which comes from various industrial sectors and motorsports, we offer innovative solutions: material quality and structural integrity, supported by testing and simulations, complete our approach.

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Ufficio e stabilimenti

Offices and facilities

In addition to its headquarters in Brescia at the Tre Torri Business Center, i-Pergola has a production, assembly, and warehouse facility in Erbè (VR), an agritech research and development center in Riolo Terme (RA), and an Open Innovation office in Piacenza.

“For a community to be a whole, it must also be an economy.”

Wendell Berry

SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG

Corporate Sustainability

The pandemic, wars, and the climate crisis teach us that the time to act is now. We are facing not only a health and climate emergency, but above all, a human emergency.

The benefit corporation structure is a natural demonstration of our practical commitment to sustainability and our determination to protect our environmental mission.

Our goal, as a company that designs, manufactures, and installs photovoltaic solutions specifically related to the industrial and agritech sectors, is to support businesses in their journey toward greater energy and environmental sustainability. Our services enable high-consumption companies to reduce and optimize their consumption, thereby lowering costs and emissions.

Since its founding, we have understood that there is always a better way to do things, and now, more than ever, we believe that the great economic, environmental, and social challenges of our time require a commitment from all companies and investors.

For this reason, i-Pergola is constantly searching for the most advanced ways, models, solutions, and technologies that will allow us to make a positive impact on people's lives, cities, social and work dynamics, the way we do business, and, ultimately, the planet.

We want to help bring humanity back and believe that, in order to do so, we must create more economic, social, and environmental value than we use to operate. Evolving towards new paradigms is a necessary choice to redefine sustainable economic models.

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Certifications and recognitions

i-Pergola operates in full compliance with regulations and procedures to ensure quality management in line with the highest market standards. In this regard, the company has already obtained four CE certifications for its main product lines and has started the certification process to obtain ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System).

In addition to commercial success, the startup has received several recognitions:

Riconoscimenti

Qualified finalist in the “Valore Acqua 4.0” Startup competition

Riconoscimenti

Winner of the Almacube & CIHEAM acceleration program (Bologna and Bari) with the Agritech PV solution

Riconoscimenti

Winner of the Regional Innovative Startups Call (Emilia Romagna Region) with a €300,000 Agri PV project

Riconoscimenti

Signing of a memorandum of understanding with ANBI (the Association of Italian Land Reclamation Consortia) for the development of the Floating PV solution on water basins

Riconoscimenti

Signing of an official agreement as a supplier for rooftop photovoltaic solutions with the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sailing team for the America's Cup 2024

Riconoscimenti

Facilitation of the participation and success of many agricultural companies in the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) for “agrivoltaic rooftops”, with many others participating in the PNRR for “Agri PV”

Partners

Sunpower

Sunpower
(i-Pergola is a Premium Partner)

SunPower Maxeon solar technology makes life’s best moments even brighter, today and for decades to come. Homeowners and companies everywhere choose the unrivalled quality of Maxeon solar panels to power their lives and businesses. Our technology is built to last. That’s why our Maxeon line comes with the longest warranty in the industry: 40 years.

Valente

Valente Pali

Valente Pali is the leading company in the design and implementation of technical solutions for vineyards and orchards, as well as in the production and supply of pre-stressed concrete and galvanized steel posts, anti-hail, windproof and sun-proof solutions. Valente Pali is present throughout the territory, thanks to a close-knit network of agents and retailers, and it also exports its successful Italian model abroad.

NRG Island

NRG Island

NRG Island is a leading company in the design, research and development and installation of floating modules for floating photovoltaic systems. NRG Island produces a modular system called NRG UNIT: each “UNIT” consists of at least 2 HDPE floats and a metal frame that supports 4 photovoltaic solar panels. The UNITS can be multiplied horizontally and vertically as desired to achieve the final power capacity of the floating photovoltaic island.

HORT@

HORTA

Hort@ was founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, born from the idea of the founding members (Vittorio Rossi and Tito Caffi, professors at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Pierluigi Meriggi, and Simona Giosuè) with the goal of transferring innovation from the research world to agricultural practice.