Taking advantage of world-class views across the Santa Barbara Channel, this six bedroom, seven bath vacation home — with long architectural lines and 12-foot windows welcoming natural light — features the very latest in green technology. Double-framed exterior walls with rigid-panel reflective insulation keep the home cooler in summer and warmer in winter as the state-of-the-art solar system heats the pool, fuels super-efficient LED lighting, and generates surplus energy credits. All of it composed inconspicuously inside a modern-day Mediterranean feel.

(Built by Giffin & Crane, with architecture by Tom Meaney, interior design by Cheryl Neumann and Courtney Jordan, and landscape architecture by Robert Truskowski. Photography by Jim Bartsch.)