Wrightsoft
 Company logo since 2006 | |
| 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]
Former logos
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Wright Associates (1986–1995)
Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006)
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Weil, Michael S. (May 1997). "From Drafting Table to CAD and Beyond". Contracting Business: 60–65.
- Wright, Bill (May 10, 1999). "New diagram-based software offers a higher level of automated design". ACHR theNews. Vol. 207, no. 2. p. 18.
- Feldman, William; Feldman, Patti (July 2001). "Software may be Wright for commercial jobs". Contractor. 48 (7): 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)