Wrightsoft is a software development firm for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Established in 1985,[ Boston Globe: He Caught Wind of A Software Need] Wrightsoft has served residential, commercial, and educational markets by providing HVAC design, specification, and sales software.[ www.wrightsoft.com: Mission and History] Wrightsoft is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States.
History
In 1985, while conducting a graduate HVAC seminar at the
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,
[ ACHR theNews] 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.[Van Cleave, Leslie "ACCA Releases Updated Version of Right-J Load Calculation Software" Air Conditioning Contractors of America - Press Release (July 3, 1986)]
Corporate Logos
File:Wright associates.jpg|Wright Associates (1986–1995)
File:Wrightsoft logo 1st.jpg|Wrightsoft: 1st Logo (1996–2006)
File:Wrightsoft gnu.svg|Wrightsoft: Current Logo (2006–present)
See also
Sources
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Weil, Michael S. "From Drafting Table to CAD and Beyond" Contracting Business (May 1997) p60-65
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Wright, Bill. "New diagram-based software offers a higher level of automated design" ACHR theNews, (May 10, 1999), Vol. 207 Issue 2, p18
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Feldman, William, and Patti Feldman. "Software may be Wright for commercial jobs." Contractor 48.7 (July 2001): 32
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Hall, John R. "Contractor demonstrates residential design software. (MIACCA)." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 216.3 (May 20, 2002): 9(1)
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Dunlop, Jodi "2004 AHR Expo Innovation Award Winners Selected" ASHRAE Journal (Jan 2004): Vol. 46 Issue 1, pS14-S15, 2p
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Bushnell, Davis "He caught wind of a software need" The Boston Globe 0743-1791 (June 28, 2007)
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Harris, Angela D. "Software adds sizzle to the sale." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 233.9 (Feb 25, 2008): p1(3)
