Association for Decentralised Energy

The Association for Decentralised Energy
Abbreviation	The ADE
Formation	1967
Legal status	Non-profit company
Purpose	Combined heat and power, district heating and demand side services in the United Kingdom
Location	6th Floor, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0DX;
Region served	UK
Membership	c. 100 including energy, construction and manufacturing companies, universities and local councils
Chief Executive	Caroline Bragg
Website	www.theade.co.uk

The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), formerly the Combined Heat and Power Association, is an advocate of an integrated approach to delivering energy locally. The ADE was founded in 1967 as the District Heating Association, becoming the Combined Heat and Power Association in 1983, and was then renamed to the Association for Decentralised Energy on 12 January 2015. The ADE has over 100 members.^{[citation needed]}

The Association merged with the Association for the Conservation of Energy in 2018.^[1]^[2]

The ADE acts as an advocate for its members by engaging with Government and key decision makers to support cost effective and efficient solutions to industry, businesses and householders by:

Developing a policy which puts the energy user's needs first
Delivering a local, low carbon energy system at lowest cost
Ensuring an understanding of heat, which makes up half of our energy use
Taking an integrated and 'systems thinking' approach
Helping users manage energy demand to limit the need for new generation capacity
Strengthening the sector's reputation through industry standards and best practice^{[citation needed]}

The Association also provide secretariat for the Independent Heat Customer Protection Scheme.