ADE
ADE is the UK’s largest non-profit trade body for a demand-side energy technologies and heat networks, representing over 150 organisations. We campaign for a smarter energy system that stops waste, lowers bills and drives growth. We fight for a system where energy users are equal partners to generation.
ADE: Heat Networks
ADE: Heat Networks is the UK’s largest non-profit trade body for the heat networks sector, representing members driving the transition to clean, affordable heating. Our goal is to ensure that Britain stops wasting heat from industry, data centres and rivers and instead builds the infrastructure to capture and reuse it. This will strengthen our energy security and lower bills.
ADE: Demand
ADE: Demand is the UK's largest non-profit trade body for a demand-led energy system representing organisations that use, manage and optimise energy demand. We work to ensure consumers play a central role in delivering a cleaner, more flexible and more affordable energy system.
Making every unit of energy count
At ADE, we champion a complete re-imagining of the energy system. We want to wring every ounce of power from renewables and capture the vast amount of untapped heat through heat networks. By prioritising demand and heat networks, we can lower household bills, unlock billions in private investment and safeguard hundreds of thousands of industrial jobs. We are building a modern, affordable and secure energy system.
ADE Awards 2026
The ADE Awards will showcase innovation, best practice and achievements across heat networks and demand, providing an opportunity for organisations and professionals to celebrate success and collective achievement.
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Low-income homes pay five times more for clean heat than higher-earners, report finds
Households on lower incomes could pay nearly five times as much to switch to clean heating as wealthier families, according to a new report from ADE: Demand, the UK’s largest non-profit trade body…
