The Italian heat pump manufacturer has joined the Energiesprong programme coordinated in Italy by Edera. This partnership was created to develop and promote new solutions for more sustainable urban regeneration through a process of open innovation.
In Europe, buildings account for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of climate-changing emissions. If nothing changes, by 2050 buildings will consume the entire global emissions budget established by the Paris Agreement. This situation particularly affects Italy, where heating systems are still mainly gas-powered and over 15 million homes need energy renovation. In fact, around 70% of Italian homes are in an energy class lower than D and will have to gradually evolve towards zero emissions (source: ENEA).
In order to implement the European Union's Green Deal, the transition of the built environment is therefore one of the most important challenges of the coming years. Once again, Olimpia Splendid is taking part, activating a strategic collaboration with Edera, one of Italy's most cutting-edge innovation centres on the subject. The aim is to share knowledge and find new answers to contemporary construction needs together, following the path already traced in many European countries by the Energiesprong movement: innovative industrialised solutions and new economic models capable of making retrofitting more effective, faster, cheaper and more inclusive.
"In over 65 years of business, Olimpia Splendid has written important chapters in the history of home comfort,’ explains Francesco Saccone, R&D Manager at Olimpia Splendid. "Innovating air conditioning technologies has always been part of the company's vision, and today this goal is reinforced thanks to strategic Open Innovation collaborations such as this one. The redevelopment of residential buildings through industrialised plant solutions with minimal architectural impact is a way of working that we know well and in which we will continue to invest in the future. We are confident that the collaboration with Edera will give rise to interesting projects that will provide a significant boost to the plant retrofit sector in Italy."
"With the season of super building incentives now over, there is an urgent need to give new sustainability to the process of building regeneration in Italy as well, by investing in product and process innovation. Bridging the efficiency and skills gap and thinking about the scalability of large-scale interventions will make it possible to reduce costs and increase the volume and quality of retrofits, thanks to the collaboration of dozens of companies that are already working to create an Italian market for industrialised redevelopment, to which Olimpia Splendid's fundamental expertise is now being added," said Thomas Miorin, CEO of Edera – Energiesprong Italia.
