I just want to show some visuals. These are pictures from the West Block before the renovation started. I just want to give a sense of the perspective on why we did this. We're here seeking funding for two major areas of investments.
The first element is component assets, which include furniture, arts and artefacts, general lighting and broadcasting equipment, as well as specialized air conditioning, lighting and water treatment systems for the House. So we are talking about any components not part of those provided and under the responsibility of the House. We have to maintain those systems in order to support the services we provide to parliamentarians.
The second element is connectivity. That includes interpretation systems installed in rooms, as well as presentation systems, which help with better visualisation during discussions. The video conference systems make it possible to communicate with those who cannot attend our meetings.
There are also capture and control systems that enable us to communicate inside our buildings, and the system used to broadcast debates to Canadians and people within the organization.
So those are the specific systems that are part of the request presented today.
If you look at the investments that were made since 2000, between 2001 and 2016, $128 million was transferred to the House of Commons for these investments, and then from 2017 to 2019, an extra $74 million will be transferred to the House. This is to support the move from 12 buildings in 2000 to 27 buildings that we have to support on the precinct now.
Most of these investments—45% of these investments—were made directly for the chamber and committees. Thirty-two per cent were made for the campus connectivity to link the 27 buildings that are there. Twenty-one per cent was for security. This is where the actual funding is going, as it relates to the close to $200 million in three years.
Specifically, what you're seeing on this slide is what was approved by the board in 2014-2015. In 2017-2018, we are currently spending $9 million for supporting, maintaining, and operating the connectivity elements. We're seeking an additional $2 million next year. If you look at the distribution of the costs, 48% of these costs are directly related to maintaining and supporting these investments. It's 37% for the life cycling, and salaries represent 12% of the costs that are required to operate the systems and facilities we have put in place.
More specifically with respect to the maintenance of spaces and buildings, the Board of Internal Economy approved expenditures of approximately $3 million in 2014-15. Today, we are asking for $6 million. The reason behind the request is simple: a number of the investments approved over 20 years ago will expire in the next few years.
If we use the Justice Building as an example, its life cycle will reach 17 years this year. So a number of floors will have to be renovated in the coming years. We are asking for funding in order to replace two floors per year, on average, in some buildings. In the Justice Building's case, nearly 20 floors will have to be renovated. As you can see, these are investments we will have to make over the next 10 or 15 years simply to meet those buildings' maintenance needs.
The recommendation we made to the board at the last meeting was to seek the initial investments again that were approved by the board in 2014 of $9 million for connectivity assets and $3 million for component assets. We're also seeking additional funding yearly, as per the layout schedule, for both the components and the connectivity assets.
This is the presentation we made. We've added some visuals, and we'd like to open it up for questions as we didn't have time for questions last time.