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> Set up something like this on an automatic timer to simulate the sky, and I suspect a lot of our sleep issues would go away fairly quickly.

I had a similar hypothesis, so I built something like what you describe:

https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

Currently I'm at only 4000 lumens or so in my main space, and I'd like it brighter. But my sleep is definitely better. I attribute it not so much to the daytime light, but to the way my apartment gradually gets dimmer and redder in the evenings.

I had set out to make something like a SAD lamp for my whole apartment. But as a side effect, I also basically made f.lux for my apartment, and I really like it. When evening comes, I generally have to fight to stay awake rather than fighting to go to sleep.