However, owners of an older home face a rather different set of challenges on the road to creating a healthy home environment than those whose home has been built more recently.
One of the biggest concerns in a home built before 1978 should be the potential presence of lead based paint and/or asbestos.
If you are unsure if such products are present in your home, please do call in a professional to check and, if there are any problems, they can show you the best way to go about correcting them.
Legislation enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Toxic Substances Control Act, mandates that any professional who performs remodeling or repair work on a home built before 1978 has to be a certified lead safe contractor.
This applies to professionals of all kinds so, before you commission any kind of work to be done on your older home, make sure that the contractor you hire is indeed so certified.
Another problem with older homes is that they tend to be a little on the draughty side, often because windows and doors do not quite fit properly or the seals around them have grown old and worn away.
With a number of new tax breaks now available and huge strides having been made recently in terms of technology, now is a great time to consider having old windows replaced altogether instead of just adding an extra layer of caulk to try and keep air leakage to a minimum.
In this respect new homes can suffer from the opposite problem - they can be sealed too tightly.
This is a good thing in terms of keeping your energy bills down but may not be so good for the air quality inside the home.
Good ventilation is essential in any home, so when you next have your HVAC contractor come in to check your air conditioning (which you should at least once a year) ask them if there is anything else you should be doing to improve the airflow in your home, even if it is just cracking a window to let some fresh air in occasionally.
Whether your home is old or new, keep on an eye on all the appliances in it, especially the heating system.
For instance orange or sputtering flames in a gas furnace or stove are often an indication of carbon monoxide production, not a healthy thing at all.
To be safe have your heating system checked by a professional at least once a year.
With a little vigilance and maybe a few remodeling tweaks here and there, any home - old or new - can become a safer and healthier environment for everyone to live in, a benefit that it is hard to put a price tag on.