Titles and Degrees
M.Sc. Chem. Eng. Technical University of Budapest, 1977.
Ph.D. Anal. Chem., Technical University of Budapest, 1983.
Postgraduate Degree in International Economic Relations, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, 1992.
Extra Mural Diploma in History, Birkbeck College, University of London, 2000.
Languages
Hungarian (mother tongue).
English (fluent).
German (good).
Russian (fair).
French (fair).
Employment
2009 October – Present: Bulkai KFT, Budapest
1992 – 2009: Senior Environmental Advisor, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
1990 – 1992 Technical Manager, American Appraisal, Hungary.
1986 – 1990 Founder and Technical Manager, Energy Efficiency Office of the Hungarian State Authority for Energy Management and Safety.
1977 – 1985 Technology Development Researcher, Hungarian Aluminium Corp.
Experience
EBRD
Environmental appraisal and monitoring of large projects especially in the metallurgical and chemical process industries; also in other heavy industry, transport infrastructure, shipping and municipal services;
Energy efficiency projects: developing environmental guidelines for energy service companies;
Liaison with technical personnel of project sponsors and consulting firms, including preparation of terms of reference for environmental consultancy assignments and participation in the selection of consultants;
Project supervision, particularly compliance with environment-related covenants.
AMERICAN APPRAISAL
Supervised more than one hundred appraisals in Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland and Russia. The majority of the assignments were in the manufacturing and process industries; hotel chains, catering networks, retail, transport and recycling companies.
HUNGARIAN STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OFFICE
Conducting energy and environmental conservation projects, publicity campaigns, energy audits, demonstration projects, publication of manuals and handbooks, training programmes, R&D sponsoring;
Coordination of the implementation of two IBRD energy efficiency projects;
HUNGALU
Participated in industrial process development, including authorship of several UNIDO and UNEP studies on the bauxite/aluminium industry, patents and scientific publications.
Publications and Papers
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Environmental Guidelines for Energy Service Companies, EBRD, London, 2005.
Dr Denes Bulkai, Slovalco Aluminium Smelter, Model of Modernisation, ICSOBA, Travaux Vol. 29, pp. 205-210, Budapest, 2002.
Z. Pastor & D. Bulkai, The Hungarian Environmental Credit Line, in Sustainable Banking, ed. by J. J. Bouma et al., pp. 360-371. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, 2001.
Environmental Audit Protocol, EBRD, 1996.
1977-1986, about 20 articles, conference papers and other publications related to the bauxite and aluminium industry, including two manuals:
Environmental Aspects of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Production, UNIDO, Vienna, 1984 and
Bauxite Testing Laboratories, UNIDO, Vienna, 1986