Wrightsoft is a
software development
Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development invol ...
firm for
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. HV ...
(
HVAC
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. HV ...
). Established in 1985, Wrightsoft has served residential, commercial, and educational markets by providing HVAC
design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...
, specification, and sales software. Wrightsoft is headquartered in
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs ...
,
USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
.
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
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
for HVAC Manual J load calculations. As the original technical software partner of ACCA, Wrightsoft Corp became the first HVAC software
company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...
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
*
Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
*
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
*
ASHRAE Handbook
The ASHRAE Handbook is the four-volume flagship publication of the nonprofit technical organization ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). This Handbook is considered the most comprehensive and author ...
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, Jod
"2004 AHR Expo Innovation Award Winners Selected"ASHRAE Journal (Jan 2004): Vol. 46 Issue 1, pS14-S15, 2p
* Bushnell, Davi
"He caught wind of a software need"The Boston Globe
743-1791(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
{{Reflist
Companies based in Massachusetts
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning companies
Software companies of the United States