Wrightsoft

Infobox Company | company_name = Wrightsoft Corp.| company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1985
location_city = flagicon|USA Lexington, Massachusetts
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

homepage = [http://www.wrightsoft.com/ www.wrightsoft.com]
footnotes =

Wrightsoft is a software development firm for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) community. Established in 1985 [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/28/he_caught_wind_of_a_software_need/ 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. [http://www.wrightsoft.com/AboutUs/MissionandHistory/tabid/63/Default.aspx www.wrightsoft.com: Mission and History] Wrightsoft is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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 Contractor’s of Americato design software for HVAC Manual J load calculations. As the original technical software partner of ACCA [http://www.achrnews.com/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000062867 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)] .
Wrightsoft Corporation continues to be the leading provider of HVAC design and sales software in North America since 1986. A technology leader for residential, commercial, and educational markets, Wrightsoft offers fully integrated HVAC design, specification, and sales systems that combine suites of software tools with automatically linked capabilities. They are recognized as a strategic partner of ASHRAE and ACCA in the United States, along with HRAI in Canada. Wrightsoft has also recently been awarded Software Innovation Awards through Comfortech, ASHRAE and the Dealer Design Award by the News for its innovative product design.
With over 20+ years in the HVAC software field, Wrightsoft has developed strong partnerships with many industry leaders such as American Standard, [http://www.bryant.com Bryant] , Carrier, Coleman, [http://www.luxaire.com/ Luxaire] , [http://www.rheemac.com/ Rheem] , [http://www.rothbros.com Roth] , Trane, [http://www.unicosystem.com/ Unico] , [http://www.uponor-usa.com/ Uponor] , York and Zurn. [http://www.snipsmag.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000016552 SNIPS magazine]

Product Milestones

Products

Right-Suite Universal^TM: A fully integrated HVAC design and sales tool that combines residential and commercial load calculation and design with innovative sales, proposal, and equipment comparison capabilities.
* Right-Draw^®: Simple, drag-and-drop tool for fast load calculations and designs.
* Right-J^®: An ACCA-Certified Manual J Load Calculation Program.
* Right-J^® Mobile: Revolutionary mobile solution for performing certified Manual J calculations in minutes.
* Right-CommLoad^®: ASHRAE RTS/CLTD Load Calculation Software
* Right-N^®: Certified ACCA Manual N 5th edition load calculations.
* Right-F280^TM (HRAI): Canada's HRAI load calculation module.
* Right-D^®: A Complete Manual D duct-sizing calculation & design module
* Right-HV^TM: Easy high-velocity, mini-duct design.
* Right-2Line^TM: CAD-quality two-line residential duct layouts.
* Right-CommDuct^TM: ASHRAE commercial duct calculations
* Right-Comm2Line Duct^TM: CAD-quality, commercial two-line duct designs.
* Right-SolarDHW^TM: Calculates the performance and operating cost savings of solar domestic hot water heating systems.
* Right-Duct^TM (HRAI): Canada's HRAI duct calculation and sizing made easy.
* Right-Radiant^®: Radiant design with automatic, CAD-quality loop layouts and calculations
* Right-Loop^TM: Geothermal design worksheets for accurate calculations.
* Right-Contact^TM: Customer Relationship Management tool.
* Right-Sales^®: Professional in-home selling and sales management.
* Right-Proposal^®: Professional sales proposals and powerful libraries.
* Right-$^TM: Equipment comparison and cost analysis software.

Awards

[http://www.ahrexpo.com/ AHR Software Innovation Award]
* 2004
* 2005
* 2007 [http://dda.achrnews.com/ Dealer Design Award]
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008 [http://www.hvaccomfortech.com/ Comfortech Software Award]
* 2003
* 2007

Corporate Logos

Wright Associates (1986 - 1995)
Wrightsoft (1996 - 2006)
Wrightsoft (2006 - Present)

See Also

* Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
* American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
* ASHRAE Handbook
* Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)

Sources

* Weil, Michael S. "From Drafting Table to CAD and Beyond" Contracting Business (May 1997) p60-65 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3071/is_199705/ai_n7713832]
* Wright, Bill. "New diagram-based software offers a higher level of automated design" ACHR theNews, (May 10, 1999), Vol. 207 Issue 2, p18 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5931/is_/ai_n23863000]
* Feldman, William, and Patti Feldman. "Software may be Wright for commercial jobs." Contractor 48.7 (July 2001): 32 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4348/is_200107/ai_n15192110]
* Hall, John R. "Contractor demonstrates residential design software. (MIACCA)." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 216.3 (May 20, 2002): 9(1) [http://www.achrnews.com/Articles/Feature_Article/399e58ab2ea5a010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____]
* Dunlop, Jodi "2004 AHR Expo Innovation Award Winners Selected" ASHRAE Journal (Jan 2004): Vol. 46 Issue 1, pS14-S15, 2p [http://www.ashrae.org/pressroom/detail/13318]
* Bushnell, Davis "He caught wind of a software need" The Boston Globe [0743-1791] (June 28, 2007) [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/28/he_caught_wind_of_a_software_need/]
* Harris, Angela D. "Software adds sizzle to the sale." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News 233.9 (Feb 25, 2008): p1(3) [http://www.achrnews.com/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000267453]

References

External Links

* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/ Wrightsoft Official Site]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.wrightsoft.com/canada Wrightsoft Canada]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/university Wrightsoft University (Training Site)]
* [http://www.acca.org Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)]
* [http://www.ashrae.org/ American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/Products/ProductOverview/tabid/549/Default.aspx Wrightsoft Products]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=546 Wrightsoft Overview Video]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84 Wrightsoft Professional Services]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/News/Press/November262007RSUShips/tabid/852/Default.aspx Right-Suite Universal]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/News/Press/April82008ComfortBuilder2008Released/tabid/888/Default.aspx Wrightsoft Releases Comfort Builder]
* [http://www.wrightsoft.com/News/Press/May232008RightNACCAManualNNowAvailable/tabid/890/Default.aspx Right-N ACCA Manual N Load Calculation Module]