Of the 32.7 million residential properties in our country, 20.8 million are equipped with an independent heating and hot water system, 64% of which are gas-powered. In order to improve efficiency, electrify and decarbonise the energy consumption of buildings – in line with the climate neutrality target set by the European Union for 2050 – it is therefore necessary to intervene on approximately 13.3 million systems in Italy alone (data reworked by Olimpia Splendid based on the 11th Cresme report - The market for the installation of systems in Italy 2025-2027).
The economic and residential impact on buildings of replacing a boiler with a heat pump or hybridising an existing system is currently the main limitation to the large-scale application of this solution. Identifying and designing new energy renovation models with heat pumps is therefore the guiding objective of Olimpia Splendid's product innovation, which will present the latest developments in this area at Mostra Convegno Expocomfort 2026.
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‘Innovating heat pump applications and making them simple and economical to use is what inspires our research and development,’ explains Marco Saccone, CEO of Olimpia Splendid. ‘With 70 years of experience, which we are celebrating this year, we present ourselves to professionals engaged in the challenge of energy redevelopment as the missing element in their projects: a partner capable of transforming even the most complex intervention into a simple and concrete solution.’
At the Olimpia Splendid stand, inside Hall 7 of Fiera Milano, visitors to MCE 2026 will be able to evaluate six different retrofit models, characterised by increasing levels of efficiency, electrification and impact on the building. The exhibition has been designed to guide visitors through a range of concrete system solutions, from hybridisation to complete electrification, simulating different types of systems in which generators and terminals are selected to achieve the right mix of efficiency and architectural impact for each project.
Solutions such as the Air Hybrid System will be presented: a hybrid system that allows gas heating to be easily integrated with air-to-air heat pumps without an outdoor unit, thanks to intelligent wireless controls installed on existing radiators. This model allows the full potential of a hybrid system to be exploited, which is already a reality in many Italian homes: approximately 180,000 air-to-air heat pumps without outdoor units and 8.9 million single and multi-split units are already used as integration in mid-seasons to delay the switching on of the boiler (data reworked on the basis of the 11th Cresme report).
MCE 2026 will also feature an exclusive preview of innovative electrification solutions in air-water heat pumps combined with low-temperature system terminals and latest-generation wireless controls.
