With heatwaves becoming more frequent, industry has highlighted a growing health, comfort and building resilience issueCarrier Solutions UK has responded to the growing national debate around the role of air conditioning in homes and public buildings. The company said it welcomed recent calls for schools, hospitals and new homes to be better equipped to cope with increasingly frequent and extreme heatwaves. The comments were made as the BBC has highlighted recent political commentary calling for greater use of air conditioning in homes and public buildings. Carrier Solutions UK has joined the conversation, saying the UK must place greater emphasis on resilient, professionally specified cooling solutions as periods of extreme heat become more frequent. David McSherry also urged consumers to be cautious when purchasing portable cooling products online, following reports of a rise in counterfeit and illegally imported air conditioning units making misleading performance claims.