SINERGIE SOC CONS ARL

Their core work

SINERGIE is an Italian consortium-based organization (società consortile) based in Reggio Emilia that specializes in energy efficiency training, capacity building, and innovation support for industry. They design and deliver training programs — including blended and virtual reality-based learning — to help companies, particularly in the automotive supply chain, improve energy performance. They also work on financing models for energy retrofits and have recently expanded into green economy incubation and peer learning for innovation agencies.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

SINERGIE began with broad industrial resource efficiency (MAESTRI, 2015) and consumer energy behaviour (ECO2, 2018), then sharpened their focus from 2019 onward toward specialized energy training tools — particularly VR-based learning for automotive energy audits and innovative financing mechanisms for energy retrofits. Their most recent project (I AM GREEN, 2021) marks a pivot toward innovation ecosystem support, suggesting they are moving upstream from delivering training to designing the incubation and peer-learning structures that support green economy ventures.

SINERGIE is evolving from a training delivery organization into an innovation ecosystem designer, combining their energy expertise with incubation and peer-learning methodologies for the green transition.

How they like to work

SINERGIE operates primarily as a participant (4 of 5 projects), joining established consortia rather than leading them. Their single coordination role was a small CSA (I AM GREEN, €50K), suggesting they are building toward more leadership. With 46 unique partners across 17 countries and predominantly CSA-funded projects, they are well-networked and comfortable in coordination and support actions rather than deep R&D — making them a reliable consortium partner for dissemination, training delivery, and capacity building work packages.

They have collaborated with 46 different partners across 17 countries, indicating a broad European network built through medium-to-large CSA consortia. Their Italian base in Emilia-Romagna — a major manufacturing region — likely gives them strong local industry connections, especially in the automotive supply chain.

What sets them apart

SINERGIE sits at the intersection of energy efficiency expertise and training/capacity building delivery — a combination that is relatively rare among Italian SMEs. Their experience with digital learning tools (VR, adaptive environments) for industrial energy training makes them a practical choice for consortia needing to bridge the gap between technical energy solutions and workforce adoption. Their consortium legal form (società consortile) also suggests they aggregate capabilities from multiple member organizations, potentially offering a broader service range than their size implies.

Highlights from their portfolio

• E2DRIVER
  Combines energy audit training with advanced digital pedagogy (VR, flip teaching, adaptive learning) specifically for the automotive supply chain — their most technically distinctive project.
• I AM GREEN
  Their only coordinated project, focused on green economy incubation and peer learning between innovation agencies — signals their strategic direction.
• SENSEI
  Addresses the financing gap in energy efficiency through pay-for-performance and energy performance contracts, connecting technical solutions to business models.