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Energy Accounting and Impact Assessment Methods Academic Year 2022-2023 – Exam 3 – 30-06-2023 MS Forms: https://forms.office.com/e/XFkfzfuqp3 Question A (3 points) Briefly introduce the “reductionism thinking ” and “systems thinking ” paradigms. What is their role in Sustainable Development? Question B (4 points) Considering the application of “Leontief quantity model” on Supply and Use Tables. Describe and define analytically the two technology assumptions (i.e., Industry-based technology and Product-based technology). Problem A (8 points) The 2011 Supply and Use table of the World economy in monetary units is provided in the “Problem A” tab of the Excel spreadsheet. The table is measured in 2011 euro and presents the following environmental transactions: “Taxes”, “Wages” and “Capital” – which complete the economic description of the system – together with “CO2” and “Water” measured respectively in kg and liters. It is asked to: 1. After calculating coefficients matrices, apply the Leontief quantity model and c alculate the total product demand and total technology output for the baseline system . Select and justify a proper technology assumption. (2 pt) 2. Compute the carbon and water footprint for the 3 commodities of the system. (1 pt) 3. Compute the price vector of the 3 commodities of the system . Can the system be defined as in “economic equilibrium”? (1 pt) 4. Assume to reduce the amount of “Water” per unit of output used in the “Agriculture” technology by 10%. By how much would the water footprint of the “Red meat” product be reduced? (2 pt) 5. Calculate the overall yearly water savings due to the reduction in water use in the “Agriculture” technology with respect to the baseline. (0.5pt) 6. If final demand maintains the same mix of product s consumption, by…