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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| 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 |
| Website | www |
Wrightsoft is a software development firm for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Established in 1985, Wrightsoft has served residential, commercial, and educational markets by providing HVAC design, specification, and sales software. 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, 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.
Corporate Logos
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Wright Associates (1986–1995)
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Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006)
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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 (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
- Boston Globe: He Caught Wind of A Software Need
- www.wrightsoft.com: Mission and History
- ACHR theNews
- Van Cleave, Leslie "ACCA Releases Updated Version of Right-J Load Calculation Software" Air Conditioning Contractors of America - Press Release (July 3, 1986)