About Habitelligence
Spanning 86 million owner-occupied homes in the U.S., today’s homeowners shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the critical systems that keep their households running. Yet, many investments in energy, climate control, and air and water treatment are made hastily—often with little research or full reliance on professionals. As a result, many homeowners lack a clear understanding of available technologies and their impact on performance, sustainability, and costs.
Habitelligence provides data-driven insights to bridge this gap, helping homeowners better understand emerging technologies and real-world experiences. With a more informed approach, they can make smarter, long-term decisions that improve their home’s reliability and efficiency.
Core Focus Areas
Drawing from nationwide homeowner survey data, Habitelligence focuses on three core areas:
Home Energy
Exploring the evolution of smart home energy infrastructure, from solar collection and battery storage to next-generation inverters, EV charging, and AI-driven energy management systems. We track innovations that enhance efficiency, resilience, and homeowner control over power generation and consumption.
Climate Control
Tracking the latest advancements in home climate control, including ultra-efficient heat pumps, ductless mini-splits, high-performance boilers, smart furnaces, and AI-driven airflow optimization. Our focus is on emerging technologies that improve efficiency, automation, and sustainability in these essential home systems.
Water & Air Treatment
Researching whole-home systems that enhance health, purity, and safety through cutting-edge water purification, air filtration, and smart environmental monitoring. We examine innovations that improve the essentials we breathe and consume every day.
Meet the Founder
Mike Lock, Founder & Head of Research
As a 25-year veteran of the technology industry, Mike Lock has experience across multiple sectors, including B2B software, IT, telecom, healthcare, and home technology systems. Most recently, he served as Principal Managing Director and Head of Content and Research at Spiceworks Ziff Davis. Before its acquisition, he was Senior Vice President at Aberdeen Strategy & Research, overseeing the strategic direction of Aberdeen’s research coverage—spanning traditional and emerging topics such as analytics and data management, IT infrastructure, ERP and financial management, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Mike is also a 20-year homeowner with extensive hands-on experience in unexpected system failures, questionable DIY repairs, budget decisions he now regrets, and the endless search for solutions to problems he never expected to have.
Mike holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from Babson College.
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