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, 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,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)
Former logos
See also Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) ASHRAE Handbook
Sources
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