# Building heat recovery and Fluorochemicals and refrigerants

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/building-heat-recovery-and-fluorochemicals-and-refrigerants/

[Building heat recovery](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_building_recovery/) (energy) and [Fluorochemicals and refrigerants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/fluoro_intermediates/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: refrigerants

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Heat-pump water heaters use refrigerants, many still fluorinated, though natural ones such as propane and carbon dioxide are spreading. Monthly moves correlate at only 0.12 with the fluorocarbon proxy, showing little link.

- **0.12** monthly change correlation
- **0.43** 12-month change correlation
- **0.58** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.