This document is deliverable D5.6 (1st Project newsletter) for the LITES project (Grant agreement no. 238916). The LITES project was started in December 2009, and its duration is 30 months. It is expected to end in May 2012. The first project Newsletter (Release Nr.1) introduces LITES project objectives, the main project solution with energy saving potential of up to 70%. The newsletter informs reader about four LITES project pilot sites where the innovative solution will be implemented and tested in a real life. The issue describes first project dissemination activities in ICT for Energy Efficiency conference, participation in exhibition in Brussels in February 2010 and the project presentation in Riga City Council. The current dissemination activities address public authorities to convince municipalities to set the modernization of street lightning among their priorities and to demonstrate that it is to their benefit to implement efficient lighting systems. The first Newsletter is published in project home page www.lites-project.eu and is available for the emailing and print. This issue currently is available in English and will be translated in the project partners’ languages (Latvian, Portugese, Polish Spanish, Italian).