Wrightsoft
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | , |
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,[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
[edit]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
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Wright Associates (1986–1995) -
Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006) -
Wrightsoft: Current Logo (2006–present)
See also
[edit]- Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- ASHRAE Handbook
Sources
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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)