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WBM july 2013
puzzle to make sure the grain looks
like it should.”
While the reclaimed heart pine is
ever visible within the home, one of
the most important unseen aspects is
its energy efficiency.
I
t is the only home on the island
with an Energy Star 3.0 classification
from the United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
and it was Nina’s work in the
conservation sphere of state politics
that led to the decision to pursue the
classification.
“The easiest thing in the world to
do is energy efficiency,” she says. “You
don’t have to build a geodesic dome or
build some funky-looking solar house.
… You can just build a regular, tradi-tional
house and can make some really
energy-efficient choices.”
For Doster, the pursuit of the
Energy Star 3.0 label meant more
hours than usual spent calculating
energy needs given the stringent
criteria.
“They make you do so many
calculations; it is a lot of work to get
to that level,” he says.
One of the factors that helped the
Landises achieve the highest Energy
Star rating was Doster’s use of a liquid
membrane to wrap the house. Tightly
sealing all gaps and holes while allow-ing
the house to breathe, Doster says
the EnviroDri membrane is a little
more costly than normal wrap but a
superior product.
In addition to the energy con-servation-
focused requirements the
Landises had for Doster and Sullivan,
one other requirement was to create
a spacious, elegant and inviting
living room.
One of the focal points for the
homeowners, the living room
features comfortable and elegant
North Carolina furniture colored in
the greens and blues of the ocean
to accompany the natural sand and
wood tones of the walls, ceiling
and floors.
Jimmy Doster, Doster BuilDing Company
1 Stone Street • Wrightsville Beach, N.C. 28480 • 910-619-2459
Jimmy Doster, president of Doster Building Company, is a Wrightsville Beach native. He and his team
of craftsmen have built more than 100 homes throughout the coastal Carolinas. Doster Building has
earned a reputation as one of the premier custom homebuilders in the Cape Fear region.
Jimmy really enjoys working one-on-one with customers during the custom home building process.
“Our building process is completely focused on the client,” Doster says. “We have been very fortunate
over the last 20 years to have worked on some of the most beautiful homes in Wilmington and the
beach communities.”