The air-to-water (ATW) heat pump market in Italy and Europe as a whole registered historic growth in 2021. Several factors generated huge sales volume increases in all segments. The Italian ATW heat pump market achieved impressive sales of more than 150,000 units in 2021, up from 57,000 units in 2020 and about 40,000 units in 2017.
Of the total of 150,000 units, hybrid systems, a challenging new segment, represented about 62,000 units. Sales of hybrid systems significantly increased, due to a very positive match with special incentive plans launched by the Italian government to enhance energy efficiency in buildings, normally based on the following three components, very often supplied as a unique system, defined as: