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Today, we’re starting off a new week and a new month with this dispatch from Brooks Barnes, who covers Hollywood for The Times, about a big new building:

At last count, there were 34 major construction projects in Hollywood, which Los Angeles officials are determined to turn into a high-density area.

But one new building stands out amid the glut, and not just because of its name — the Epic — or the company that will soon occupy all of its 13 floors: Netflix.

[Read more about how Netflix’s lobby has become “the town hall of Hollywood.”]

The just-completed Epic is the first office tower in L.A. to embed solar energy-generating panels (“building integrated photovoltaics”) into its facade, according to Hudson Pacific, which owns the property. Put simply, the structure will use its walls to capture and convert sunlight into electricity.

“Vertical panels are extremely uncommon, and part of the reason is just physics — they’re less efficient than if you have them on the roof,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California Solar and Storage Association, a trade group. “So I’m not sure how much energy they will generate. But it’s still interesting.