Wrightsoft

Software developer
Wrightsoft Corp.
Company typePrivate
Founded1985
Headquarters
Lexington, Massachusetts
,
USA
Key people
Bill Wright:
President & CEO
Chris Edgren:
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Michael Shnitman:
Vice President Software Development
Charles S. "Chip" Barnaby
Vice President Research
Websitewww.wrightsoft.com

Wrightsoft is a software development firm for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Established in 1985,[1] Wrightsoft has served residential, commercial, and educational markets by providing HVAC design, specification, and sales software.[2] Wrightsoft is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.

History

In 1985, while conducting a graduate HVAC seminar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Bill Wright entered into a partnership with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America to design software for HVAC Manual J load calculations. As the original technical software partner of ACCA,[3] Wrightsoft Corp became the first HVAC software company to create a computerized version of their Manual J, Manual D, and Manual N calculation methods.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America and Wrightsoft released the very first Manual J Load calculation software (Right-J) in February 1986.[4]

Corporate Logos

  • Wright Associates (1986–1995)
    Wright Associates (1986–1995)
  • Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006)
    Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006)
  • Wrightsoft: Current Logo (2006–present)
    Wrightsoft: Current Logo (2006–present)

See also

  • Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
  • ASHRAE Handbook

Sources

  • Weil, Michael S. "From Drafting Table to CAD and Beyond" Contracting Business (May 1997) p60-65
  • Wright, Bill. "New diagram-based software offers a higher level of automated design" ACHR theNews, (May 10, 1999), Vol. 207 Issue 2, p18
  • Feldman, William, and Patti Feldman. "Software may be Wright for commercial jobs." Contractor 48.7 (July 2001): 32
  • Hall, John R. "Contractor demonstrates residential design software. (MIACCA)." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 216.3 (May 20, 2002): 9(1)
  • Dunlop, Jodi "2004 AHR Expo Innovation Award Winners Selected" ASHRAE Journal (Jan 2004): Vol. 46 Issue 1, pS14-S15, 2p
  • Bushnell, Davis "He caught wind of a software need" The Boston Globe [0743-1791] (June 28, 2007)
  • Harris, Angela D. "Software adds sizzle to the sale." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 233.9 (Feb 25, 2008): p1(3)

References

  1. ^ Boston Globe: He Caught Wind of A Software Need
  2. ^ www.wrightsoft.com: Mission and History
  3. ^ ACHR theNews
  4. ^ Van Cleave, Leslie "ACCA Releases Updated Version of Right-J Load Calculation Software" Air Conditioning Contractors of America - Press Release (July 3, 1986)